*CRT TV's are considered hazardous
material that can no longer go into the landfill. It requires an R2
certified** company or a certified hazardous waste disposal company.

*R2
certification(sometimes
referred to as responsible recyclingcertification)
is a company levelcertificationbased
on theR2standard
overseen by theR2Technical
Advisory Committee (TAC). Thiscertificationis
intended for electronics recyclers.Certificationis
issued by third party certifying bodies)

For paint and household chemical
recycling, consider Earthbound Recycling in Eureka, MO. It is fee-based
($.25 per pound) and the liquid must be in its original container with the
label. Hours of operation: Monday through Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
They also accept scrap metal and single-stream recycling along with certain
electronics.

For hazardous household chemical
recycling, St. Louis County Department of Health has opened its new
recycling center at 291 Hoffmeister, St. Louis, MO 63125 this Spring of 2013.

Web Innovations
and Technology Services (WITS), a not-for-profit organization, has a
convenient website to schedule a drop-off for electronics. They will not
take the older CRT (glass domed-front; deep back) TV's

PC Plan-it offers
FREE
recycling services for consumers and business. PC Plan-it processes 2+ tons of
outdated or dead technology every month. Hardware is demanufactured and
processed in our 2,000 square foot facility ensuring our landfills stay clean.
We can provide proof of destruction certificates for businesses needing data
destruction validation. For local businesses we can in most cases offer free
pickup and recycling. We have a 24' enclosed trailer so no job is too big! If
you are a business, please contact us for a possible buy-out of your equipment.

So if you have old equipment taking up valuable space, give us a call or drop
off at our store for an easy green solution!

It's called e-waste or electronic waste. Every year
there are tons of discarded computers, printers, scanners, fax machines,
keyboards, and cellphones. The new models that seem to go on sale every day
means more e-waste, especially when it comes to televisions .

In 2009, when analog signals go away for good,
replaced by digital signals, many people are expected to replace old televisions
with newer models. Environmental advocates say don't throw your old tv's in the
trash; recycle them.

DCAL Services is an electronics recycling center located in Webster Groves. Its
warehouse is full of e-waste, including an estimated 40,000 pounds of
televisions per month, brought there for proper disposal.

"We've seen a 10 to 15% increase every year on televisions and the
monitors," says DCAL owner Darrel Schmidt, "and we expect to see a 20
to 30%increase in 2008, 2009, and going forward."

It takes under 10 minutes to disassemble television. After disassembly, tv's are
separated into plastic, metals, and glass.

Circuit boards are ground up into electronic hash. All those products will be
sent to smelters for proper disposal or recycling into new products.

"For future generations," says Schmidt, "our water system, our
air is being polluted and we need to properly dispose of electronics. In the
glass you have lead, cadmium, mercury, that if it's in a landfill it basically
leaches into our water system and pollutes it. You have high metal contents in
your circuit boards that need to be disposed of properly."

Not all recyclers accept all electronic devices, so make sure your recycler will
take your particular device. There is a cost for recycling some items. To learn
more about recycling e-waste and find your nearest recycling center, go to the
link below.

Call Us Toll Free 1.877.334.5323

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Paper, Plastic and More!

Recycling is one of the most effective ways for
an individual to make an impact on the world. It helps improve the natural
environment in which we all live. Making the right steps toward the
reduction in consumption, reusing what we can, and recycling what we can't
reuse will make a huge difference. It all starts with one person doing the
right thing, such as throwing that plastic bottle into the appropriate bin
or buying wholesale reusable shopping bags. An increasing population means
more people create waste. Therefore, we must all play a role in reducing
that waste.

Recycling and Reusing Plastic

In the United States, roughly
2,500,000
plastic bottles are used every hour! Unfortunately, the majority of
them are tossed into the trash. Using a reusable water bottle will help
reduce the amount of plastic bottles that end up in landfills. The same
concept applies for plastic bags. Use custom reusable bags to cut down
on environmental pollution.

It takes between
100 and 400 years to break down plastics in a landfill. Imagine how
much of that could be reduced by switching over to custom reusable bags
rather than throwing out plastic shopping bags.

Recycling plastics conserves roughly
88 percent more energy than when they are made from raw materials,
such as natural gas and oil.

It takes five
two-liter bottles made from polyethylene terephthalate (PETE) to
manufacture one square foot of polyester carpet.

Internationally, people use roughly
a million plastic bags every minute, which adds up to 2.2 billion
gallons of oil used every year. This could be greatly reduced if
everyone switched to using custom reusable bags.

The majority of households can compost between
28 and 38 percent of waste, which could drastically reduce the
amount of trash managed at landfills.

Yard and food waste make up about
30 percent of the
waste stream. Composting kitchen scraps and yard trimmings helps keep
that waste from reaching landfills, waterways, water treatment centers,
and incinerators.

Collectively, the residences in America today use an estimated 22.5
percent of the country's energy. Unfortunately, the majority of these
homes do not practice energy efficiency, which could drastically reduce
energy consumption. It could also save the average family up to
25 percent off their utility bills.

Water Conservation: Use this lesson plan to teach students the
availability of fresh water and ways to purify and conserve it. Be sure
to stress the importance of reducing bottle consumption and ways to
avoid polluting the environment, such as using a reusable water bottle
or buying wholesale reusable shopping bags.

Water
Conservation Lesson Plans: Choose from one of the many water
conservation lesson plans that will help kids understand the importance
of saving water.

Recycling Lesson Plans: Use these lesson plans to impart the
importance of recycling to students at an early age. Teach them simple
steps, such as recycling bottles and using reusable imprinted grocery
bags.

Recycling
Plans and Activities: Choose from a variety of lesson plans and
activities that kids can participate in that will help them learn the
importance of recycling, including the importance of using reusable
grocery bags to cut down on pollution.

Reduce, Re-use, Recycle: Use this lesson plan to introduce the
concepts of reducing, reusing, and recycling everything, especially
plastic bags that end up in the waterways. Teach kids to use reusable
bags instead.

The Importance of Composting: Use this module to help students
understand the importance of composting and techniques they can use at
home to improve their soil.